Why the CIA Is Keeping Its Drone War
The big exclusive up at Foreign Policy reveals that Obama's promises to shift the drone war from the shadows of the CIA over to the Defense Department are being broken. The obstacles to completing this promised shift are "practical" as well as bureaucratic, Gordon...
New US Plans For Nation-Building in Libya Riddled With Problems
The U.S.-led NATO war to topple the Libyan regime of Muammar Gadhafi helped create a nation of disparate rebel militias that to this day, two years later, refuse to give up their arms. This, along with the weakness of the central government in Libya, is making the...
If You Blindly Believe Gov’t Claims About Drone Victims, You Are A Sucker
Shuaib Almosawa, a freelance journalist in Yemen, has a must-read report up at Foreign Policy investigating a U.S. drone strike in Marib, Yemen on August 8, 2013. It must be read in full, but Noah Shactman, an editor at Foreign Policy, sums up the piece quite...
Signs From US Don’t Bode Well For Iran Talks
Up until now, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who initiated unprecedented diplomacy with the U.S., has spoken very positively about the negotiations with Western powers. That has apparently changed, with French media reporting the reformist president saying he is...
The US-Israeli Idea of ‘Peace’ Looks A Lot Like Conquest
Later this week, Secretary of State John Kerry is going to Israel to follow up on so-called "peace talks." "We and the parties remain focused on our goal of achieving a permanent agreement which ends the conflict and all claims, and creates peace between the Israelis...
UK Accuses Greenwald’s Partner of ‘Terrorism’
The UK government is charging Glenn Greenwald's partner David Miranda with "terrorism" and "espionage" for trying to carry documents leaked by Edward Snowden through a London airport in August. Reuters: "Intelligence indicates that Miranda is likely to be involved in...
Google’s Eric Schmidt: NSA Spying ‘Outrageous’
The Wall Street Journal interviewed Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on the latest news reported by the Washington Post that the NSA has been going behind the back of Google and Yahoo and infiltrating their data centers around the world. The first few questions...
In 2013, You Paid $574 to the NSA
Imagine being beaten to a pulp by a mafia hit-man. Your nose is broken and dribbling blood, your left eye is swollen shut, you may have broken ribs. Somehow, you manage to stand up. Just then, the hit-man produces an invoice for his services to the tune of $574. The...
Amnesty Int’l: Obama’s Partial Halt of Egypt Military Aid Not Good Enough
President Obama's October 9th decision to suspend millions of dollars in U.S. military aid to Egypt came after two years of intense public pressure following Mubarak's ouster. In all likelihood, however, it is probably a temporary scheme to avoid further public...
